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United States Patent | 5,298,008 |
Decker ,   et al. | March 29, 1994 |
A case opening apparatus that is part of a larger case loading and sealing machine which includes a loading bay for holding container blanks in vertical stacks, a means for removing the uppermost container blank from said stack and transferring it into an overhead rail system, and a case opening apparatus utilizing suction above and below the container blank The case opening apparatus includes an arm that has dual pivots so that by two separate motions it opens and thereafter erects a container blank for subsequent loading and sealing in preparation for shipment.
Inventors: | Decker; Dennis (P.O. Box 548, Reedley, CA 93654); Salwasser; Melvin (P.O. Box 548, Reedley, CA 93654); Salwasser; Leslie (P.O. Box 548, Reedley, CA 93654) |
Appl. No.: | 013019 |
Filed: | February 3, 1993 |
Current U.S. Class: | 493/313; 414/797; 493/315; 493/317 |
Intern'l Class: | B31B 001/80 |
Field of Search: | 493/317,316,315,313,314 414/795.8,797,796.5 |
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